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Originally published August 2, 1999

Morocco planning large tourism project in Marrakesh suburbs
Morocco is planning to launch a large scale tourism project in the region of Marrakesh. Morocco, Business, 8/2/99
Lebanese resistance retaliates for Israeli attacks
Lebanese security sources said on Sunday that Israeli warplanes on Sunday raided twice the areas of Majdal Zoun, al-Mansouri, Jib Sweid and al-Rajraj in south Lebanon. Lebanon, Military, 8/2/99
Saddam's daughter restores $1 million in profits
The oldest daughter of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, Rana Hussein, has restored the profits of sums deposited by her late husband, Col. Kamel al-Majeed, in two banks in Jordan. Iraq, Politics, 8/2/99
Tehran warns European countries against exposing its interests to Jewish embargo
The spokesman for the Iranian Foreign Ministry said that his country greatly pursues the demonstrations by the French Jews in a European airport, which led to delaying a plane affiliated to the Iranian airline for three hours. Iran, Politics, 8/2/99
Israel gets ready to receive Turkish water
Israeli Foreign Minister David Levy announced yesterday that Israel is sending a diplomatic delegation to Turkey to discuss the implementation of Turkey's proposals to sell water to Israel. Israel, Economics, 8/2/99
Preventive measures against the eclipse
Counting down has started for August 11, the date of the last eclipse for this century. With the approach of the eclipse several Arab states have taken preventive measures to protect their citizens during the eclipse. Regional, Science, 8/2/99
Egypt, Jordan, Palestine and Israel discuss agricultural strategy
The representatives of the agricultural ministries of Egypt, Jordan, Israel and Palestine have agreed to form a four-way forum that will discuss the upgrading of a mutual strategy to develop the agricultural exports of the four countries. Regional, Agriculture, 8/2/99

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